Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but since McCabe was a career civil servant and not a political appointee, Trump did not have unlimited Article II power to fire him.
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Probably yes (though there's no official record of it). Regardless, you wrote about Article II power, and in this case, OIG and OPR produced findings and then the AG acted. Legally, that's different than POTUS acting on his own.
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Replying to @NGrossman81
If Trump under Article II can't personally delve into the bowels of any agency and order career employees fired, I don't see any difference in telling the chain of command to do it.pic.twitter.com/HeFsFgLN3f
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Those are examples of public complaining. Not the same thing. You're ignoring the OIG and OPR findings. Perhaps those came about via pressure from above. I don't know, and don't want to be in the position of defending the decision. But it's more than POTUS firing a subordinate.
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